I can't accept that some symptoms are caused by anxiety

I would encourage anyone reading this to find the works of Claire Weekes. She does a great job of explaining how one becomes too aware of physical sensations and how the mind it bluffed by them. Her book is $1.49 used on Amazon. I’m not promising a cure but the book helped me make great strides. She also has some bits on YouTube. 

https://www.amazon.com/Hope-Help-Nerves-Claire-Weekes/dp/0451167228

I think you are smart to push for tests.and really you shouldnt have to push for them.just explain the same you did here and you should get your tests .intestinal problem/ the cutting off of circulation is nothing to mess with.And if the test comes back ok-then go from there.

Ok. I have the same thing going on right now. And everything you have said as far as getting these tests done. I was also told anxiety/stress related. I’m still looking fir answers. Any updates from you would help. Hope you’re doing better.  I had ultrasounds of scrotum, kidney and bladder, abdominal and pelvic ct scan, colonoscopy, and mri of lower lumbar spine. Everything came back pretty normal including blood panels (metabolic, and autoimmune). Lower lumbar spine should 2 bulging discs but not terrible. Nothing herniated and my chiropractor doesn’t think my back is what is causing that pain. Since I’ve been going there it seems that the testicle pain has subsided but I have had more symptoms that are neuropathy type. Could be caused stress and anxiety and depression but I’m like you. It’s hard to believe and accept. I did see my neurologist a few weeks back for a consult and he also seemed to think it was stress related. I’m confused scared and looking for guidance. Please respond to me and let me know if you were able to find out anything. Thanks!

Hey I’m new here but reading all of yalls anxiety problems seems to help me. I have pain on my right side below ribs and won’t go away but I know I have bad anxiety 

I can feel everything you are gong through so where even to begin.  All my life I have dealt with issues related to health that have never been found to have any serious organic causes. Always had arrhythmia that was chalked up to anxiety. Even had 2 episodes of Atrial Fibrillation that I passed out and was taken by ambulance and had to go through cardio-version over 15 years ago. But $30k worth of tests later and no heart issues at all.  Even when deciding where to travel I would only choose places with good hospital systems and never out of the country. When I turned 40 I decided to change my life and started all natural competitive bodybuilding. I do everything 100% and within 2 years I went from 200lbs to competing at 155lbs and 4% body fat...winning many competitions and feeling better than ever in my life. I did that for another 4 years and then decided to take a break for a while. October of 2016 I was back up to 195lbs and started getting sharp pains in my ribs. Thought it was just musculo-skeletal or digestive as I've had bad acid reflux for years. In January the pain got really bad and I went to Dr. They did an US and found liver lesions. Said I needed a CT scan. That showed a large liver mass and several smaller liver lesions. Scheduled me for a biopsy 2 weeks later. In the meantime with my personality I began 24/7 searching of the internet to find out that liver masses if malignant are normally metastases and stage 4 cancer. I didn't sleep at all for 5 days and nights. Lost my job and never went out of my condo. I immediately had loss of appetite, numbness and trembling all in hands and legs, nausea, diarrhea, low back pain bad, ears ringing, blurry vision, rapid heart rate, etc...etc...I took my BP, Heart rate, and blood sugar 10 to 15 times a day. After 5 days of not sleeping I was given Klonopin to sleep or they said I could actually put myself in the hospital. That did help me sleep, however not with any of the other symptoms. I did my will and even bought a grave plot. I had searched and contacted every cancer clinic in the US and looked up various success rates and even all the natural clinics in Mexico and Germany. Not knowing what type of primary cancer I had, as I had never been diagnosed with actual cancer, I had to research each of the more frequent ones and the life expectancy and outcomes of each of them. When I got to the biopsy the surgeon said we are not going to do it because the previous radiologist pulled up a 2012 CT scan and the areas on the liver were there and the same size, which means they haven't grown and are considered hemangioma's and simple cysts. I in turn got no relief because I didn't believe them even after he took me back and showed me. I continued to get worse and had lost over 20lbs at this point. My family Dr. said they could schedule an MRI with contrast of the abdomen as that was the "gold standard" of liver lesion diagnosis. I also thought it had metastasized to my brain as I looked up that was another common area to go and scheduled a brain MRI. The brain MRI was all clear. The abdominal MRI was "no abnormal lesions consistent with benign hemangiomas and cysts" rest of abdomen to include pancreas, gall bladder, kidneys, stomach, etc...all areas I thought my original cancer started. Still not convinced I scheduled to drive to Emory University and see the top liver specialist and have another MRI done there with an upper GI and colonoscopy, because now I was convinced I had colon cancer or stomach cancer as I had bad digestive issues and still no appetite. The 2nd MRI still showed lesions the same size and no other issues. The colonoscopy was clear with not even a polyp and the upper GI was clear. Nothing wrong from top to bottom they said. Just scheduled me for another 3 month follow up in June. In these 3 months I also had complete blood work done on my own every few weeks with tumor marker tests and all blood counts and liver function tests. I even sent all scans and blood work records to 3 online 2nd opinion services including Cleveland Clinic all with the same conclusions basically stating cancer is not in play here. I am total out of pocket at over $40k now. I At that point I started gradually convincing myself there was nothing wrong as the specialists all had told me if I had stage 4 advanced cancer for over 6 months now with no treatment I would be in really bad shape or even dead. I started eating and working out twice a day again. Got another job and my weight got back up to over 190lbs, appetite was back, and I was feeling just fine. Aside from still having the pain in ribs and occasional back pain I was doing well. I had my December 6 month follow up MRI and it was also the same...everything ok. Kept getting blood tests and tumor markers and everything in line. End of this January I started getting bad low back pain. So bad it was hard to get up in the morning and sleep at night again. I started searching the internet again and showed low back is another common metastasis area. This now threw me back into my testing and online searches with online Dr. consultations. Started to get loss of appetite again (mind you I'm a very big eater so this is not good for me) and back getting worse. Had blood tests done again beginning Feb and everything OK except now my C-Reactive Protein was out of line at 3.01 and normal is up to 3.00. Started searching again at work the internet about 6 to 8 hours a day and all signs online were telling me spinal tumor or bone tumor metastases because of it hurting at night and in morning with no relief. Online Dr's and even Oncologists costing thousands of dollars again telling me there is nothing to worry about and now you are over a year and a half since original pain started and I thought I had stage 4 cancer so there is no way that I would be still working, working out and functioning even possibly with treatment at this point let alone no treatment with advanced cancer. Still don't know what cancer I have as primary but I believe these are bone mets. Went to spine center and chiropractor both doing xrays and said nothing irregular in upper or lower back or hips. That even worried me more, when they thought it should make me at ease, because I looked up and saw that some tumors wont show unless you get an MRI. So they tried to schedule and MRI but my insurance won't do it and no Dr. will refer me even out of pocket with contrast because they said there is no issue. I did look up to see that stress and anxiety can make back issues worse but it's hard for me to believe this bad. I have numbness now down my left leg and tingling again all over with shaking and muscle twitches. Still no appetite and starting to lose weight again, although not as much as I'm forcing myself to eat. I struggle to get out of bed and it hurts all day especially as I'm sitting in chair and glued to computer searching cancer clinics and cures. I know more about immonotherapy and other cancer breakthroughs than probably most Doctors by now. I know where I would go and what the 5 year % of life expectancy is based on the 2 cancers I think I have left being prostate (my PSA is perfect every 3 months) or melanoma (as I had 3 moles removed from my back in 2015 - tested to not be melanoma but they could have missed it). I don't take any over the counter meds so no Advil or Aleve that they tell me would help my back and inflammation, but I want to know the root cause of the pain! The last Dr. who refused the MRI told me to consult a psychiatrist and do CBT or go on Lexapro or something but I don't want those kind of drugs so that's why I got on here searching for others in similar situations. I just can't afford nor do I want to go through this all again or lose another job which is about to happen. Sorry for this being so long but I just want to let others know they are not alone and there are much worse cases out there like mine, as it has always been, and still is, hard to believe this is all in my head for me!

 

I know how you feel. Recently my anxiety has been so bad I have lower back pain,stomach pain and my bladder has been in so much pain that I'm seeing a urologist.